Andrew Walsh

Who is Andrew Walsh?

Andrew Hugh Walsh AM is an Australian festival director. He has directed numerous ceremonies and public events.

Posed with a great theatrical sense, Andrew has extensive experience creating, directing and managing large-scale events throughout the world. In an extensive career that commenced in Melbourne in the late 1970s, Andrew has been continuously employed in the arts. He has worked for major performing arts companies, toured with international stars and directed hundreds of productions and events. In 1988 he established Accolade Event Management as a vehicle to produce and manage many and varied project.

He was the technical director for Australian Pavilions at three world expos and has directed Sydney’s Australia Day Spectacular fifteen times and was the inaugural director and producer of Sydney New Years Eve. He directed the London Millennium Celebrations and in 2001 was Creative Director of the widely acclaimed Centennial Ceremony for Australia’s Centenary of Federation.

In 2003 Andrew was Director of Ceremonies for Rugby World Cup and conceived and directed the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and pre-match anthem segments. He was the Executive Producer of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and Executive producer and Creative Director of the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006. Andrew was invited back to Greece to produce the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the Athens 2011 Special Olympic Games.